Topole - Rašica (Vrh Staneta Kosca) (ridge path)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Gorenjska highway at the Vodice exit, and then continue driving towards Kamnik, and then in Vodice we turn slightly right in the direction of the settlement Bukovica. Further on, we drive along the road towards Mengeš. After Koseze the settlements and hamlets end, and then the road leads us through a strip of forest and some meadows. When the meadows narrow, a macadam road branches off slightly to the left towards the sports field in Topole, and to the right across a swampy meadow a footpath branches off, which leads towards the Mengeška koča mountain hut on Gobavica and Rašica. We park in a suitable place at the junction.
B) We drive to Mengeš, and then from the main junction in the centre of Mengeš we continue driving towards Kranj. A little further from the main road we turn slightly left onto the road in the direction of Vodice. A little after the junction across the bridge we cross the Pšata canal, and then after the fields the road enters the forest, and beside the road there are narrower meadows. When we notice that a macadam road branches off sharply to the right, which leads towards the sports field in Topole, and on the left a footpath starts, which leads to Gobavica and Rašica, we are at the starting point of the described path. We park in a suitable place at the junction.

Path description:
On the south side of the road we notice first a fainter footpath, which leads across a shorter swampy meadow, after which it enters the forest, after some 10 metres it joins the cart track. Along the cart track we then first ascend gently, then moderately, at junctions we follow the quite rare blazes. When the cart track levels out, we quickly reach a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of the ridge path to Rašica (left Mengeška koča, straight lower path to Rašica and Mengeška koča).
From the junction follows the ascent to the forested Magarovnik (402 m), from where some descent follows to the next marked junction.
We continue slightly left in the direction of the ridge path to Rašica (sharply left lower path towards Mengeška koča, right Koseze). There follows walking through the forest with some ascents and descents, at junctions we follow the blazes and signs for the ridge path to Rašica. We follow such a path, with numerous junctions, all the way to Vrh Staneta Kosca, on which there is a lookout tower and a few steps further the mountain hut.

On the way: Magarovnik (402m), Debeli hrib (594m)